"I welcome the call for 'sovereignty', directed at the Prime Minister by Maori activists," says Libertarianz Spokesman
Russell Watkins. "Indeed sovereignty i.e.; self- government, is exactly what all individuals in a free society - and not
just Maori - have a right to. In fact, it should be enshrined and protected constitutionally as the purpose of good
government."
"Individual sovereignty means the right to live in the fashion one chooses," reminds Watkins, "to own property and
dispose of it in what ever way the owner wishes; to injest what ever one chooses to injest; and to educate their
children in what ever it is they want their children to learn. It is taking responsibility for one's own life."
"Maori most of all need sovereignty, to unlock the shackles that chain so many of them to the state," he says. "The
Treaty of Waitangi can't and never will give Maori their birth-right to run their own lives, and to pursue their own
interests. Constitutional protection, which all New Zealanders should share, will."
"Self-government has only two provisos: others have the same rights and you, and you can't force others to pay for your
life," concludes Watkins. "The government must stop treating Maori like children and let them run their own lives."
The Libertarianz Party will abolish the Treaty of Waitangi and replace it with a constitution - which can be found on
this web site: http://www.libertarianz.org.nz
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For more information contact:
Russell Watkins LIBERTARIANZ SPOKESMAN
Phone: (07) 543-3136, or contact media coordinator (025) 861 927, organon@ihug.co.nz